The former senator will be remembered for his tremendous contributions towards eliminating gender discrimination in schools and universities, as well as several other constitutional reform legislation.

As we finish the month assigned in the calendar to the celebration of Hispanic Heritage, I made this reflection before an audience of around 300 guests who packed the Lincoln Hall this past week to attend AL DÍA’s Hispanic Heritage Awards Luncheon.

Juan Sebástian Restrepo gave up his life heroically fighting in the US Army in Afghanistan in 2007. L. Felipe Restrepo, yet another Colombian-born naturalized U.S. Citizen, is here, living among us, in Philadelphia— a living hero AL DIA will celebrate on October the 10th.